3706
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 135

Modifying Regulation regarding the Size of Mesh of Trawl-nets.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of the thirty-first day of the same month, a regulation was made limiting the size of the mesh of trawl-nets as follows:—

“The mesh of every trawl-net shall measure, when prepared for use, wetted, and stretched, not less than the following dimensions—viz., in wings and belly and batings down to 100 meshes, 4¼ in.; in the square, 4½ in.; and in the cod end, 4 in. The part of a trawl-net known as the cod end shall not begin higher up the net than to the bottom of the 100 meshes above mentioned”:

And whereas it is desirable to modify such regulation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Fisheries Act, 1908, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby modify the said regulation regarding the size of mesh of trawl-nets by adding the following proviso:—

“Provided that that part of the regulation referring to the cod end of trawl-nets shall not have effect for a period of nine months, commencing on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, but that the cod ends of such nets shall have a mesh of not less than 3¾ in.”

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member of the Prisons Board appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section nine of the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, it is enacted that there shall be constituted a Board to be called the Prisons Board, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven persons: And whereas by the said section it is provided that the members of the Board shall be appointed from time to time by the Governor in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

CHARLES EDWARD MATTHEWS, Esq., Inspector of Prisons,

to be a member of the Prisons Board constituted under the Crimes Amendment Act, 1910, as aforesaid.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land set apart as a Native Reservation.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and thirty-two of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted, inter alia, that when any Native freehold land is owned at law or in equity by more than ten owners in common, the Governor may by Order in Council set apart and reserve any part of that land for the common use of the owners thereof as a burial-ground:

And whereas the Native Land Court has, under date the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, recommended that the land known as Puatahi No. 1 Block be set apart and reserved, under the provisions of section two hundred and thirty-two of the Native Land Act, 1909, as a burial-ground for the common use of the owners thereof:

And whereas it is expedient so to do:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority hereinbefore mentioned, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby set apart and reserve the land known as Puatahi No. 1 for the common use of owners thereof as a burial-ground.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing a Close Season for Seals.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section five of the Fisheries Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations which shall have force and effect either throughout New Zealand or only in such waters or places as are specified in the regulations, for, among other things, prescribing a close season not exceeding three years for seals: And whereas it is desirable to prescribe such a close season:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the hereinbefore-recited section of the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that it shall supersede any regulation at variance therewith.

SCHEDULE.

A PERIOD of three years from the date of this Order in Council is hereby prescribed a close season for seals. This regulation shall have force and effect throughout New Zealand.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prohibiting the Importation of Sanatogen.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty-six of the Customs Act, 1913, as extended by section two of the Regulation of Trade and Commerce Amendment Act, 1915, it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council prohibit the importation into New Zealand of any goods the prohibition of the importation of which is in his opinion necessary in the public interest:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, the prohibition of the importation of sanatogen is necessary in the public interest:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred upon him by the Acts aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby prohibit the importation of sanatogen into New Zealand save with the consent of the Minister of Customs.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.